While Watson's hopes of an injury-free season were dashed, opportunity is now knocking for Quiney, who had an early taste of South Africa's fast bowling battery playing for Australia A over the weekend.

"Yesterday was a bit of a dizzy day," Quiney said.

"Once I found out, for some reason I was rushing to pack and got to the airport probably an hour and 50 minutes before I needed to.

"It's easy to say (I'll approach it) the same as for a Shield match, but in all honesty, it's completely different. The build-up to a Shield match isn't like this, is it?"